By US DOT Newswire | May 15, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- In light of the dangerous, fast-moving wildfires that erupted in San Diego County, including in an area near the San Onofre nuclear power plant, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), today sent a letter to Gina McCarthy, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), following the Agency's Office of Atmospheric Programs' request for public engagement ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee and Chair of the joint House-Senate Conference Committee, today released a summary of the benefits for California in the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) conference report. The final ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 14, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing: "Nuclear Reactor Decommissioning: Stakeholder Views" May 14, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today, the Environment and Public Works Committee is holding a hearing on the issues facing communities located near decommissioning nuclear ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) introduced three bills today aimed at improving the safety and security of decommissioning reactors and the storage of spent nuclear fuel at nuclear plants across the nation.
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, today sent a letter to Dan Ashe, Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), requesting information on the agency's efforts related to African elephants in Zimbabwe and Tanzania.
By US DOT Newswire | May 12, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Committee, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: #WRRDA deal reached. Commence the signing. pic.twitter.com/itgUi813vC
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member of the Committee, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Ranking ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 8, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Senator David Vitter (R-LA), EPW Committee Ranking Member, and Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV), Transportation ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, made the following statement regarding the National Academies review of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) process for chemical assessments.
By US DOT Newswire | May 6, 2014
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Senate Finance Committee Hearing on New Routes for Funding and Financing Highways and Transit May 6, 2014 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Thank you so much for holding this crucial hearing on the need to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent, thus preserving 3 million ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (OGR), sent a letter to Robert Brenner, former senior official at the Environmental Protection ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 3, 2014
News Release: The following is the statement of U.S. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), Chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, on the passing of former Congressman and Chairman of the Committee Jim Oberstar...
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement today on the passing of Jim Oberstar, former Minnesota Congressman and Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee...
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- In a letter sent today to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senators Edward J. Markey (D-MA), and Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) called on the agency to stop issuing exemptions for emergency response regulations to decommissioning nuclear reactors which house spent nuclear fuel.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2014
News Release: U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works, made the following statement regarding today's release of the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies report entitled, "Review of the Environmental Protection Agency's State-of-the-Science ...
By US DOT Newswire | May 1, 2014
News Release: Today, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), sent a letter to Michael Boots, Acting Chairman of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). In the letter, the Senators urge CEQ to withdraw ...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), the Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement today after the U.S. Department of Transportation put forward a multi-year proposal to fund the nation’s surface transportation programs...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 29, 2014
News Release: Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA). Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. Hearing on “Confronting Transnational Drug Smuggling: An Assessment of Regional Partnerships". April 29, 2014. Opening Statement. (Remarks as Prepared). We are meeting today to review the federal government’s efforts...
